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Genus · accepted · checked 2026-09-04

Ceratocorys

WoRMS 109507ITIS 183909key worms:109507
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2026-09-04: itis_id 183909 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Guillaume Dera · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Ceratium hirundinella

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Photograph of Ceratocorys
Photo · Soupremacy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · inat

Ceratocorys is a genus of photosynthetic free-living marine dinoflagellates first described in 1883 by Friedrich Stein. Currently consisting of 12 species, this genus is typically found at the water surface in tropical and subtropical ocean regions, and has both low nutrient requirements and salinity sensitivity.W CalCOFI holds 3 observations of it in 1 dataset, across 2 taxa under it.R

3
observations
842
records
409
sampling events
1
datasets
1
species under it

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Phytoplankton 421 obs · 409 events
    name used: Ceratocorys dinoflagellate, thecate · code 598

Under it · 1 taxon

Groups

calcofi_phytoplankton:dinoflagellate_thecate

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Phytoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/calcofi_phytoplankton.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:109507%22